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HDS 2554

Religion and Its Future

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Description

An inquiry into the nature and varieties of religious experience, conducted from the perspective of an analysis of diverse understandings of what is most characteristic of our religious beliefs. The course will explore the interaction between religion and culture and will examine the human will to believe in contemporary societies. Though not a survey of world religions, it will present some of the major options exhibited in the religious history of humanity and will analyze shared and distinctive elements in the evolution of religions and their relation to modernization, secularization, and secular ideologies of emancipation and will discuss possible and desirable futures of religion. Readings from the classic literature of philosophy, theology, and social theory.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1057

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Scheduling

Half Course
Spring 2010
Tu., 1-3 and hour to be arranged
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Comparative Studies Philosophy of Religion Religion, Ethics, and Politics
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity Comparative
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a